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Terms of Service

Last updated: August 23, 2026

These terms govern your use of the eCourtDate Electronic Warrants API (the "API") and this documentation site, both operated by eCourtDate, Inc. ("eCourtDate", "we"). They supplement any master services agreement or ordering document between your agency and eCourtDate. If these terms conflict with that agreement, the agreement controls.

The service​

The API is the programmatic interface to the eCourtDate electronic warrant workflow: drafting applications from templates, submitting them for review, routing them to a judge, signing or rejecting them, and reading the resulting records and audit trail. Its complete contract, including endpoints, limits, and error semantics, is published in the OpenAPI specification and the guides.

API keys​

Access to the API requires a subscription. API keys are issued and activated for your agency by eCourtDate. You are responsible for keeping keys confidential and for all requests made with them. Treat keys as server-side secrets, scope each key to the least access it needs, rotate keys periodically, and ask eCourtDate to revoke any key you suspect is exposed.

Acceptable use​

You agree to:

  • use the API only for lawful purposes and in accordance with your agency's agreements with eCourtDate;
  • respect published limits and back off when the API returns 429;
  • not attempt to access data belonging to another agency;
  • not probe, disrupt, or circumvent the security of the service;
  • attribute every write to the person it is made for, and not use the API to record an action as taken by someone who did not take it;
  • not submit content you do not have the right to process.

We may suspend keys that present a security risk or materially violate these terms.

Your content​

Warrant applications, attachments, templates, and the records produced by the workflow belong to your agency. You grant eCourtDate the limited rights needed to process them to provide the service: storing them, rendering documents from them, and making them available to the members of your agency, until you delete them or your retention rules require otherwise.

Warrant records are legal records. Audit entries are retained even when the resources they describe are deleted, because the record of who acted is the point of an audit trail.

Documentation and specification​

This site and its content are © eCourtDate, Inc. All rights reserved. The OpenAPI specification may be freely used to build and maintain integrations with the eCourtDate Electronic Warrants API.

Changes​

We evolve the API additively under the versioning commitment and may update this site and these terms. Material changes to these terms will be posted on this page with an updated date.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability​

Except as expressly stated in a signed agreement between your agency and eCourtDate, the API and this site are provided "as is" and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, eCourtDate disclaims all implied warranties and is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from use of the API or this site. Nothing in this documentation is legal advice, and eCourtDate does not determine whether a given warrant is lawful, properly served, or valid in your jurisdiction. That judgment rests with your agency and its court.

Contact​

Questions about these terms: contact your eCourtDate representative or visit www.ecourtdate.com.